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BRIGHT GRAZING OCCULTATIONS: AUSTRALIA 2009

Graze location maps for:  January to June     July to December

Grazes for Western Australia 2009

Grazes for South East Australia, Jan to Jun 2009

Bright Grazes for, Western Australia - 2009 Bright Grazes for South East Australia - 2009
   

Grazes for Western Australia 2009

Grazes for South East Australia, Jul to Dec 2009

Bright Grazes for Western Australia - 2009 Bright Grazes for South East Australia - 2009
Table of grazes for West Australia Table of grazes for South-east Australia

Charts prepared using data from David Herald's Win-Occult and a program written by Pauline Loader.

Note:
'S' at the end of a track indicates interference from the Sun
'S' at both ends indicates Sun above horizon for at least part of track
'M' indicates that the star is at low altitude
'B' indicates both 'S' and 'M'
Table of grazes for West Australia.      Table of grazes for South East Australia.

EXPLANATION OF THE TABLE
Date :
Universal Time (UT). UT is effectively equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time.
Star :
ZC indicates the star number in Robertson's Zodiacal Catalog.
S indicates the star number in the SAO Catalog.
A link is provided to information on double stars.
Mag :
Star Magnitude.
%Snlt :
Percent sunlit of the moon. "+" is waxing (before Full Moon) and "-" waning. Before Full Moon the star will appear to approach the moon from its dark side. After Full Moon the star appears to approach across the lighted lunar limb.
Near Place ... :
Lists some cities or towns close to the path, but not usually on it. Click on them to bring up WIN OCCULT predictions and a profile for this graze.
Time :
Approximate hour and minute of graze (Universal Time). For sites to the west times may be a minute or so earlier whilst to the east they may be a little later. Events may occur for a minute or two either side of the predicted time.
Alt :
Altitude of the star and Moon.
CA & Limit :
The Limit indicates whether the star grazes the Northern or Southern edge of the Moon. The associated figure shows the number of degrees round the circumference of the Moon from the bright cusp at which mid graze occurs. The centres of all grazes are on the unlit portion of the limb unless otherwise indicated indicated by a - CA value.
Notes :
This gives further information about the graze and star. Most grazes should be observable with a telescope aperture of 100mm. If a larger aperture is likely to be needed this is indicated.
Double star information is contained in the prediction files.
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Grazes for South East Australia during 2009

All Graze Data and Profiles obtained from David Herald's Occult 4.0
Date UT ZC Mag %Snlt Near Place Time Alt CA Notes
Feb 15 2084 6.5 62- Brisbane 14km 14:17 30° 10.0°S  
Feb 16 2220 7.0 51- Brisbane 12km 18:46 79° 9.8°S Multiple star, Sun -11°.
Feb 20 2771 5.6 16- Sydney 132km 16:50 12° 6.8°S Double star
Mar 9 1486 4.4 97+ Adelaide 99km
Melbourne 189km
Canberra 150km
17:54
17:57
17:58
16°
10°
17.7°N
16.3°N
16°N
Double star
Apr 3 1178 6.3 60+ Hobart 56km 11:50 14° 15.0°N Multiple star
Apr 4 1312 6.8 70+ Melbourne 90km 11:16 33° 16.9°N  
Apr 6 1549 5.1 89+ Adelaide 73km
Melbourne 82km
13:09
13:23
48°
40°
20.7°N
19.1°N
Double star
Apr 7 1637 5.9 94+ Rockhampton 81km 08:56 36° 17.5°N  
Apr 15 2672 2.8 67- Sydney 355km
Brisbane 310km
18:24
18:30
83°
85°
8.6°N
9.6°N
Double star
Apr 15 2678 6.6 66- Melbourne 20km 19:13 77° 9.6°N  
Apr 19 3188 5.6 29- Rockhampton 185km 19:32 55° 14.4°N  
May 2 1396 6.8 56+ Canberra 14km 11:50 24° 16.3°N  
May 12 2622 6.7 88- Hobart 115km 17:53 70° 13.0°N Double star
May 15 3022 7.0 64- Brisbane 130km 18:57 81° 18.9°N  
May 17 S145938 7.2 45- Hobart 115km 17:52 50° 14.0°N Double star
May 18 3370 6.2 35- Adelaide 63km
Sydney 164km
17:53
18:09
24°
38°
9.6°N
13.6°N
Double star
May 27 S79054 6.9 11+ Canberra 149km
Sydney 84km
8:31
8:32
11°
18.5°N
18.3°N
Double star
Jun 11 2963 5.3 87- Brisbane 46km 13:16 41° 3.0°N Double star
Jun 11 2987 4.9 86- Melbourne 14km
Canberra 56km
Sydney 64km
20:41
20:51
20:55
44°
39°
36°
15.9°N
15.8°N
16.6°N
Multiple star, Sun -10°
Sun -4°
Sun -1°
Jun 11 2990 6.6 86- Adelaide 0km 20:41 49° 17.2°N wide triple star
Date UT ZC Mag %Snlt Near Place Time Alt CA Notes
Jul 6 2672 2.8 99+ Canberra 253km
Sydney 216km
Brisbane 260km
15:57
16:01
16200:55
58°
55°
5336°
3.9°S
4.3°S
4.6°S
Double star
Jul 25 1611 5.6 14+ Sydney 50km 09:06 21° 5.3°N Double star
Jul 26 1727 6.9 23+ Canberra 56km
Sydney 132km
09:12
09:15
34°
31°
5.5°N
5.0°N
 
Aug 1 2479 5.1 83+ Brisbane 17km 13:15 52° 11.8°S Wide multiple star
Aug 1 2482 6.3 83+ Adelaide 54km
Brisbane 118km
13:18
13:46
64°
45°
8.6°S
12.4°S
 
Aug 2 2627 6.7 89+ Hobart 118km 14:13 54° 11.8°S  
Aug 12 320 5.7 61- Adelaide 25km 16:44 23° 10.7°N Double star
Aug 14 616 5.4 38- Adelaide 118km
Brisbane 85km
19:38
20:05
22°
35°
7.4°N
4.4°N
 
Sun -4°
Aug 22 S138283 7.9 5+ Brisbane 56km 08:56 5.5°S  
Sep 10 569 5.3 65- Brisbane 38km 17:43 36° 4.3°N Double star
Sep 22 2108 6.6 15+ Adelaide 100km
Brisbane 172km
10:32
10:39
23°
12.7°S
14.3°S
Double star
Oct 10 1030 3.1 57- Hobart 4km 19:06 22° 7.9°N Wide double star, Sun -5°
Oct 25 2892 6.8 44+ Melbourne 13km
Canberra 42km
Sydney 38km
09:52
10:03
10:08
59°
55°
53°
17.4°S
18.1°S
18.3°S
double star
Oct 26 3011 7.1 54+ Melbourne 34km
Canberra 35km
Sydney 46km
10:56
11:08
11:13
53°
49°
47°
17.8°S
18.1°S
18.1°S
 
Oct 27 3131 5.5 63+ Adelaide 47km
Rockhampton 146km
10:37
11:16
65°
55°
19.4°S
20.6°S
Double star
Nov 7 1118 6.2 72- Brisbane 179km 15:32 29° 3.9°S  
Nov 24 S145718 7.2 45+ Adelaide 31km
Rockhampton 201km
10:52
11:25
48°
34°
16.5°S
14.4°S
 
Dec 3 900 4.8 97+ Canberra 103km
Sydney 116km
15:48
15:52
29°
28°
17.9°SS
18.4°S
Double star
Date UT ZC Mag %Snlt Near Place Time Alt CA Notes

Grazes for Perth, Western Australia, during 2009

All Graze Data and Profiles obtained from David Herald's Occult 4.0
Date UT ZC Mag %Snlt Near Place Time Alt CA Notes
Feb 4 616 5.4 67- Perth, 81km 11:54 31° 2.8°S Sun -8°
Feb 17 2373 6.1 40- Perth, 172km 20:54 63° 9.5°S  
Mar 17 2458 6.3 58- Perth, 141km 21:32 85° 1.9°N Sun -11°
May 19 3501 5.0 25- Perth, 149km 18:53 8.4°N  
Jun 5 2157 6.1 95+ Perth, 107km 13:27 73° 19.7°N  
Jun 26 1441 6.4 18+ Perth 80km 11:12 25° 13.5°N Double star
Jun 27 S118410 7.1 28+ Perth, 107km 10:03 46° 15.5°N Double star, Sun -9°
Sep 22 2109 6.1 16+ Perth, 72km 10:51 38° 10.5°S Sun -9°
Sep 23 S183713 7.4 24+ Perth, 90km 10:46 51° 10.2°S Sun -8°
Sep 27 S188112 6.8 63+ Perth, 75km 15:40 32° 16.4°S  
Dec 21 3169 6.1 21+ Perth, 137km 11:53 31° 11.4°S Sun -6°

(Graze Data obtained from David Herald's OCCULT).

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